I don't want to say anything bad about the certification itself (I dont recommend to go after it either), but I can't get to the bottom of this big price raise in fee for the certificaiton. And the excuse that this much fee will thwart non-serious juniors from attempting it does not make any sense, they could have just added extra $100 on top of the old price to do this. But what extra/revolutionary change this certification brings or can bring in one's information security career? I cannot figure out the justification for this move (which in my opinion is just aimed at looting and then forcing candidates to pay a tip of $100 on top     ). How can they justify this raise? And please don't come up with something "It is their certification and they can do whatever they want", although this can be an answer but does not help in dissolving the impression that this is purely out of their greed and has nothing to do with the quality or value of this certification. Almost all of us do not have any problems with the fee of SANS GPEN or OSCP as we know the quality and value of those certs ... but CEH!!! Man com'on! I dont know why but I really want EC-Council to come out on this with some good argument!

Will you attempt this cert even if your employer pays the bill for you?

(My answer is a big NO, I don't want my employer's bucks be wasted in the name of a cert like CEH, but if its is priced at around $300 well then may be I will go for this    ).

where exactly did you guys go to school? did you'll go to a small near by school because I have rarely hear of people going to any university bigger than pheonix university and i have never heard of a person mention Cornell University(this is the university I which to attend.), which is known for more than liberal arts;they have a well developed computer science program.

Exactly and the small companies are the ones who cant really afford to have pen test.

something that worked for me recently, slide this under management (in my case several directors) doors.

http://www.softwarequalityconnection.com/2011/05/i-like-my-it-budget-tight-and-my-developers-stupid/

I dont know how users still give the playstation network personal information. I recently just bought ps3 but there is no way in hell my info is going in there. I rather max out my credit cards instead of someone else, thank you very much lol

Agoonie what was the price of the course ?

I have looked at ElearnSecurity but in order to do the pro course it cost $599 or three payment what work out $650 that is a lot of money compared to the mile2 course at $250 and its only really web stuff I need to learn ASAP.

Does anyone know why with ElearnSecurity if you do the pay monthly its more expensive ? I think this little off putting IMO if it was same price I would be more tempted to do it.

Also does anyone know if you pay monthly do you still get the 5% off ?

Having another certificate would be cool but I am not sure how many companies in the UK would see the value of it.